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After five tough years, during which Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) lost nearly $150 million and barely skirted financial ruin, AMD has now mounted a remarkable turnaround. Not only has […]

There's a computer inside your computer, a chip that hugely affects overall system performance. Most PC vendors buy it from one of two companies. You're thinking Intel and AMD, right? […]

Intel, buoyed by solid PC demand among corporations and strong sales of chips based on its Sandy Bridge architecture, grew its already substantial lead in the global processor market to [...]

For all the attention surrounding the chipset design flaw soon after Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' processors were released earlier this year, the issue had little, if any, impact on the giant [...]

Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' processors may not be exciting the PC user base as much as the chip maker may have expected, according to one analyst. In a March 31 report, [...]

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices' rivalry in the processor business is at a standstill, at least for now, according to market research firm iSuppli. In a report released Dec. 15, [...]

China's love for netbooks powered by Intel's Atom processor was a key driver behind record shipments in the global PC chip market in the third quarter, a research firm said […]

Intel continues to dominate the market for x86 processors, with the chip giant controlling about 80 percent of this global market in the third quarter, according to a Nov. 3 […]

By James Carbone Intel has managed to expand its lead in the global microprocessor market over rival AMD, and now has its largest share of the global processor market since [...]

Samsung grew its share of the global market for stand-alone applications processor chips in the second quarter of 2009, for which it has the Apple iPhone to thank, according to […]

Intel's share of the global microprocessor market hit a four-year high in the second quarter, as the worldwide PC market took a small step toward recovery, a market research firm […]

Intel's share of the global microprocessor market increased every quarter of 2008, while rival Advanced Micro Devices saw its share fall, a market researcher said Wednesday. Intel's success was partly […]

Intel's Atom processor is starting to have a significant impact on the overall microprocessor market, as shipments of the chip for a series of low-cost notebooks and desktops helped the […]

Intel dominated the world's market for x86 microprocessors in the third quarter of 2008 thanks to increased shipments of notebook processors, according to an Oct. 23 report from Mercury Research. […]

AMD has stabilised its market share in the microprocessor market after a steady decline against larger rival Intel, said analyst iSuppli. After six months of microprocessor market-share losses to Intel, […]

Intel sees money in its high-end Itanium 2 microprocessor, and the numbers from at least one market research firm shows that the reason can be summed up in two words: […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--What a difference a year has made in the microprocessor industry. Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, had been losing market share to rival AMD, but is now […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)--What a difference a year has made in the microprocessor industry. Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, had been losing market share to rival AMD, but is now […]

EDA software Engineering and the global demographic time bomb The economic challenges posed by a rapidly aging society may seem like an odd topic for a gathering of EDA users, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices, the No. 2 microprocessor maker, warned on Monday that it will likely miss its quarterly revenue target as it loses market share among […]

Despite a recent financial setback, Advanced Micro Devices gained on Intel in the x86 space in the fourth quarter, according to a new analysis by Mercury Research released Jan 31. […]

AMD and its dual-core Opteron processor made huge strides on the Top500 Supercomputers list, jumping from just 55 entries a year ago to 113 today. The 28th version of the […]

Server makers are lining up a host of new and enhanced systems armed with Intel's new 'Woodcrest' Xeon processor, a chip built on a new architecture that promises better performance […]

Intel on Monday began shipping a new microprocessor for servers--its first featuring a redesigned chip architecture--that it says closes gaps in computing performance and power consumption with products from competitor […]

BOSTON (Reuters)--Intel Corp. shares fell on Friday, hitting a three-year low, after No. 1 personal computer maker Dell Inc. said it would begin using chips from smaller Intel rival Advanced […]

In an attempt to check a slide in its market share, Intel said Monday it would deliver a new package of chip technologies later this year to better differentiate its […]

Itanium has an image problem. I know it, you know it, and the Itanium Solutions Alliance (ISA) knows it. In fact, if customers were migrating to the Itanium platform even […]

Intel Corp.'s microprocessor business gained a percentage point of market share from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. during the third quarter, although both companies benefited from an overall recovery, according […]

Intel increased its x86 PC processor market share in the second quarter of 2003 according to IDC's latest quarterly processor market share report, Worldwide x86 PC Microprocessor Competitive Analysis, 2Q03 […]

After years of trailing arch rival Intel in both technology and investor enthusiasm, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) caught up on both counts last year. Faced with the superior performance of […]

In July 2001, one month after Intel announced its 'groundbreaking' 64-bit Itanium microprocessor, an epic quest in pioneering microprocessor engineering finally came to an end. In the process, the competitive [...]

According to market research firm Dataquest, the market for high current ion implant systems is projected to be $249 million in 1999 and is expected to grow to $536 million […]

Sanity will prevail. There is room for two [microprocessor] suppliers. We are the last man standing,' said Advanced Micro Devices' Chairman Jerry Sanders during a conference call following AMD's June […]

After great gains in 1998, Intel's competitors entered 1999 with high hopes. So far, those hopes have been dashed. AMD and Cyrix each lost market share, IDT and Rise remained […]

IBM IS INCHING AHEAD with efforts to expand sales of its Power server chips and challenge Intel in the market for hyperscale data centers run by the likes of Google [...]

Nobody needs reminding that Microsoft dominates its markets. But it is far from unique in that. In the first of a series on other firms that dominate different parts of [...]

The Taiwanese have long played a supporting part. They made branded clones. When that market dried up, they found new roles to play--OEMing systems and making motherboards. They've been so […]

IT IS hard to feel sorry for Intel. The semiconductor giant from Santa Clara, California, sold nearly $9 billion worth of chips last year, making profits of more than $2 [...]

Scorecard: Light the firecrackers. First-quarter revenue growth numbers continued to ascend across most markets. Outlook? Hold the celebration. Look at recent blowups including Merisel, DEC, Lotus, and AST. Our list […]

Stalled for the last two years by product detours and legal potholes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is finally on the road to snaring a share of the 486 market. The […]

Chip Giant May Sound Market Battle Cry: 'Take No Prisoners!' Poor Intel just can't get a break.The world's most successful microprocessor company had barely ramped up production of its brand-new, […]

IDC said that Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s share of processor shipments reached 22.3% during the first quarter, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous quarter, while Intel Corp.'s share fell […]

When MIPS Computer Systems Inc. trotted out five semiconductor partners in San Francisco last month, all of them ready to market versions of the powerful 64-bit MIPS R4000 RISC processor, […]

By Andrew Ould Don't rush to bury the Intel monopoly. Intel Corp.'s five-year run as the sole supplier of the 386 microprocessor is expected to end next week, when Advanced […]

In the third quarter, Intel and AMD both managed to gain share in the global microprocessor market due to robust sales of PCs and servers, and the cessation of the […]